Aviation is dangerous...

[gismo]

...even when you're not on board an airplane yet:

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. – A flight information billboard weighing at least 300 pounds fell on a woman and three of her sons, killing the 10-year-old at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. The boys’ mother, Heather Bresette, who suffered broken ankles and a crushed pelvis, had surgeries over the weekend, a University Hospital spokeswoman said. However, she was still in intensive care and unconscious on Sunday. “She does not know that her baby is dead,” said the family’s priest, the Rev. Don Farnan. The Bresettes, a family of seven, took a weeklong vacation in Destin, Fla., and were about to fly home to Overland Park, Kan., when the sign fell on Friday. Luke Bresette, 10, was killed. His brother, 5-yearold Tyler, suffered a concussion and was released Sunday from a children’s hospital. His 8-year-old brother, Sam, has a broken leg and nose.

Very sad ending to a fun vacation.

 

[Ted]

I've never seen billboards that large at FBOs. Another reason for GA.

Sad.

 

[tmyers]

Was this billboard near a housing area and a HS?

Still sad that someone lost their little boy over something that we take for granted as being safe.

 

[alfadog]

Oh man, that sucks. RIP.

 

[John Baker]

What a crappy way to end a vacation. Now they have to deal with the hundreds of personal injury attorneys who will be on them 24/7 clambering all over each other trying to become the families representation. What a nightmare.

-John